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Rapt0r
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 10
Closed again... this sucks Breck got 11 inches and I'm stuck down here. Even 285 and 9 are closed too. There's no way to go skiing!
Feb 8 2008 8:17AM
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 17
yea man, FUCK, it has been closed since 11 19 lastnight.  they are opening EB in about an hour then WB will fallow shortly.  So there is still time for half day skiing.  CDOT is really dropping the ball this year. 
Feb 8 2008 11:40AM
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Rapt0r
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 10
ugh it fuckin sucks... i knew i should have went up there last night
Feb 8 2008 12:12PM
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Jeff_Lo
Posts: 5809 - Karma: 263
dude, look at the total snow fall already.  They close it to keep it safe, i'm sure when your laying in the hospital paralyzed because your car gets wiped out by a avalanche or a huge semi truck due to white out conditions or ice, you'll be thanking them.  I mean shit dude, 200-250 inches around summit already?  I think that was the total of last year.  That would mean more consistent snow, which mean the roads will be snowpacked and icy more often.  Which also and tragically means more accidents and more injuries.  Shit dude, if they close it due to conditions and or ice or huge crashes I thank CDOT for putting myself in more danger than necessary.
Feb 8 2008 12:16PM
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Jeff_Lo
Posts: 5809 - Karma: 263
oops last sentence meant to put "...For not putting me ..."
Feb 8 2008 12:19PM
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Shpadoinkle
Posts: 10437 - Karma: 84
Shit
Feb 8 2008 12:41PM
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Rapt0r
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 10
shits open now
Feb 8 2008 3:17PM
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 17
I can see where you are coming from.  Thing is that I was on I-70 lastnight.  I drive from Lookout Mountain to Frisco five days a week, then to days a week I drive from Lookout Mountain to Loveland.  It was closed do high winds.  I can understand that, it just seems that every storm we get, they close the highway.  I think the main reason they close it is cause people still want to go 60 or 70 MPH is a bad snow storm.  Those people run off the road and wreck.  THERE STUPID PEOPLE.  Thing is about this closure, I have seen ten times worse and the hwy was still open.  I was on it at 11 lastnight when it was closed. 
Feb 8 2008 4:33PM
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Bagels
Posts: 1022 - Karma: 1,306
I skied today.  Maybe it snowed 12 inches, but the winds blew it all over the place.  I think they closed I-70 due to hazardous wind conditions, not so much the snow.  When I came up last night (Thursday Night), you couldn't see more than 20 feet in front and cars were wrecked everywhere.  I even passed a truck that was on fire for some reason.
Feb 8 2008 6:51PM
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Static
Posts: 8484 - Karma: 4,033
I tried to get up there today, I thought, there's no way it's fucking closed, bluebird skys all the way to where it was closed and as far up as you could see. Gayest shit ever.
Feb 8 2008 7:59PM
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WIfreeskier
Posts: 8125 - Karma: 65
vail called 12inches and there was barely anybody because of the pass being closed
Feb 9 2008 10:21AM
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televback1
Posts: 386 - Karma: 11
the only way to get there would be to go 24 but now its open again so

but cdot needs watch their shit and do a better job
Feb 9 2008 7:40PM
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